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A LifeFlight crew transported a woman to Providence Hospital early Wednesday morning after she was injured in a two-vehicle crash, according to Alabama State Troopers.

The Mobile County school system held a celebration at Florence Howard Elementary on Wednesday morning to reveal its new Super Food Express, a bus that has been retrofitted to deliver free, nutritious meals to children this summer.

Phillip Jones, 31, of Foley was shot in the arm with a shotgun and was transported by Baptist LifeFlight from local medical facilities to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, according to Gulf Shores police Cpl. Josh Coleman.

Officers on Tuesday arrested a man after he was connected to a bust which netted $1.3 million worth of spice, according to the Mobile Police Department.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Mobile $400,000 to help clean up contaminated land in the Brookley Aeroplex and its surrounding neighborhoods.

Chris McNeil was before Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Rick Stout, seeking certification as a qualified candidate in the race; something he was denied when the Alabama Republican Party invalidated his candidacy for the House District 102 seat when it was determined the Semmes businessman didn't live in the district he was seeking to represent in Montgomery.

Cooler surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean and a weather phenomenon that leads to warmer ones in the Pacific has forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting a quiet 2014 Atlantic hurricane season.

Coastal regions of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are under a Flash Flood Watch until 6 p.m. Thursday as a low pressure area moves east into the region bringing heavy rain.

Council President Gina Gregory said she disagrees with the negativity in comments about Jones on Facebook and elsewhere.

Google is working on a prototype for a driverless car